This 18-Year-Old Makeup Artist Perfectly Shut Down Haters Who Said She Charges Too Much Money

Mikala Walker began practicing makeup artistry at age 12. She started out by doing her friends' faces for free, then began charging $20 per person. Now Mikala is so experienced, she commands a $75 fee for prom and bridal bookings — and some strangers on social media apparently have a problem with that.

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Despite Mikala's skills (and her 47,000-strong Instagram following) some people are complaining that she's charging way too much. "That's BS," one Twitter user griped of her fee. Another wrote, "I know way better MUAs that charge half your price."

She added up the prices of commonly used cosmetics and tools, ranging from $10 fake lashes to $100 pro makeup brushes, revealing that she had to invest at least $635 in products alone before she could take on a single client.

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"I felt like if I broke down the individual cost of products, versus how much I charge per person, maybe some of those who previously attacked me could understand why," she told BuzzFeed News.

Mikala told BuzzFeed her goal was to help "people get a better understanding of the makeup industry and the costs involved."

Not that she's listening to the haters anyway.

"To be a female entrepreneur means that I am showing the world that females are capable of accomplishing whatever they'd like to do and being able to do what you love with a passion is possible," she said. "I'd love to let people know that this is the generation of change, and that women can do whatever they set their mind to without regards to social limitations."